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Adversity Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
- When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the…
- However mean your life is, meet it and live it.
More Adversity Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
- I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. — Andrea Arnold
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon
- Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon
- Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
- Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams